iOS 7

iOS 7 is Apple's seventh generation software for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Code-named "Innsbruck", it was introduced by Apple during the WWDC 2013 keynote on June 10. A radical visual departure from previous generations of iOS, it focuses on clarity by removing all but the most essential interface elements and shifting from buttons to tinted text, deference by getting out of the way of content and apps, and depth by building the entire experience around a real, game-style physics and particle engine that moves, blurs, parallaxes, and layers in virtual 3D. New features include: Control Center, Notification Center, Multitasking, Camera, Photos, AirDrop, Safari, iTunes Radio, Siri, and CarPlay.

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Siri, Apple's virtual personal assistant, has been improving steadily since its introducing in 2011. Streaming text to speech is one of the most recent and obvious areas of improvement, but Siri has also been adding new features and better language support. In a recent test that spanned languages...

No matter which generation iPhone you have, there are ways to help keep scrolling smooth, apps launching fast, and the system snappy.
Whether you're still worried about updating to iOS 8 on your iPhone 4s, or you simply want to make sure your brand-new iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus stays as quick as...

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No matter which generation iPhone you have, there are ways to help keep scrolling smooth, apps launching fast, and the system snappy.
Whether you're still worried about updating to iOS 8 on your iPhone 4s, or you simply want to make sure your brand-new iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus stays as quick as...

Siri, originally created as a stand-alone App Store app by Dag Kittlaus, Adam Cheyer, and Tom Gruber, was bought by Apple and integrated into iOS 5 for the iPhone 4s launch in 2011.
A digital assistant with sequential inference and context awareness, Siri answers questions and executes commands...

Security, as we take great pains to repeatedly point out, is something that deeply affects people. It affects their stress and trust levels when dealing with technology. When it's misreported it turns what should be an empowering experience into one of fear, uncertainty, and doubt. And it's far...

Confused about how to sync your Mac or Windows PC photos to your iPhone or iPad? We've got you covered.
Apple's new Photos app for OS X (and with it, full iCloud Photo Library support on your Mac) is on its way, but until it arrives, people are stuck in photographic limbo, relying on iTunes or...

Apple has added nine new cities to its list of locations that support the 3D Flyover imagery included as part of its iOS Maps app. The new additions bring the total number of cities that use the Flyover imagery to 121 locations around the world.
The list of new cities that have Flyover...

Apple has added 300 new emoji to the iOS 8.3 and OS X 10.10.3 betas, but they're focused almost exclusively on inclusivity — diversity in skin tones and country flags. The watch, phone, and computer emoji have been redrawn to match Apple's current products, but it doesn't appear that any of the...

You knew this was coming, right?
For years and years and years and years and years and years now I've begged and pleaded for two things — a Files.app repository for the iPhone and iPad, and a DocumentPicker API for developers to make iOS file management easier. Last year, with iOS 8, Apple...

"Hey Siri" lets you use your iPhone or iPad hands-free.
As long as it's plugged in and within range of your voice, all you have to do is say the magic word and Siri will wake-up and wait for your question or command. It's great for the iPhone when you're in bed or in the car, or the iPad when...

iOS 8.3 and OS X 10.10.3 betas have over 300 new, more diverse emoji, including 32 new country flags
The iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite beta 2 updates are part of Apple's ongoing efforts to address diversity, and it's extending beyond organization and into software, with a much wider array of cultures...

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iOS 7

If iTunes and the App Store have been acting slow on your iphone 4 its apples fault and your iphone 4 has the ability to run iTunes and the App Store at a normal speed but apple has decided to do this dumb new thing where they only let ios 7 run to its full potential on their newer phones. They do this just to scam people into buying a newer model iphone. It's absolute bull s**t and it's just one of the many reasons why apples going down hill. I used to think apple was a great company and really cared about their customers but now I realize that just like any other company and are okay with scamming people into buying their products for a little exta cash.